Author Archives for Rod Ormston

Two new N gauge wagons – our first in this gauge – plus a popular OO gauge with a new number

26 May 2024 5:47 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

We’re pleased to announce our very first N gauge model wagons, produced by PECO. A new venture for the Trust,... View Article

29 April 2024 1:52 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

The S&DRT were represented at the Spring Gala at the Mid-Hants Railway ‘Watercress Line’ at the weekend. Our Burnham Box,... View Article

25 April 2024 10:56 am Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

The S&DRT is pleased to report that our fully restored S&D First Class Coach from 1886 has been delivered to... View Article

3 February 2024 9:34 am Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

The West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust (WSRHT) and Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust (S&DRT) are delighted to confirm that they... View Article

13 January 2024 5:03 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

We’ve introduced four new wagons that operated on the S&D, all in either OO-gauge (£15) or O-gauge (£44) – OO... View Article

20 December 2023 1:42 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

The last two locomotives have departed from the now redundant site at Washford on the West Somerset Railway. Roger Hardingham,... View Article

5 December 2023 8:14 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

Nigel Smart, whose involvement with the Trust’s locomotives and site goes back decades, died on 4 December 2023. The video... View Article

13 November 2023 8:06 am Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

The Trust’s 1929-built Peckett No. 1788 – named Kilmersdon after the colliery where the loco spent its working life –... View Article

10 November 2023 11:06 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

Today, our chairman wrote to members as follows: WashfordI am delighted to confirm that both the Somerset & Dorset Railway... View Article

4 November 2023 10:08 pm Published by Rod Ormston Leave your thoughts

The Trust’s S&D 7F No. 53808 had the last day in normal service today… and in a touching gesture, some... View Article

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